Ottawa Street Power Station

Ottawa Street Power Station is a former municipal electric and steam utility generating station for the Lansing Board of Water and Light in Lansing, Michigan, located on the Grand River in the city's central business district currently being redeveloped as corporate headquarters for the Accident Fund Insurance Company of America. The engineering design of the plant was by Ralph C. Roe and Allen Burns the firm of Burns and Roe, and represented an ... more

Ottawa Street Power Station is a former municipal electric and steam utility generating station for the Lansing Board of Water and Light in Lansing, Michigan, located on the Grand River in the city's central business district currently being redeveloped as corporate headquarters for the Accident Fund Insurance Company of America. The engineering design of the plant was by Ralph C. Roe and Allen Burns the firm of Burns and Roe, and represented an improvement over the design of the Bremo Station in Virginia, which the two had designed while employed at Electric Management and Engineering Company. The architectural design was by Edwyn A. Bowd of Bowd and Munson. Construction began in 1937 and was completed in 1939, at a cost of $4 million, with formal dedication the following year. Major additions were completed in 1946. The 176-foot tall Art Deco step-back structure sits on a polished black granite water table, with an intricate exterior design of multicolor brick. The design symbolizes... less